Sabbir Rahman

Sabbir Rahman
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Sabbir Rahman
Born (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nickname Rumon
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Legbreak
Role All Rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 113) 21 November 2014 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 11 November 2015 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 1
T20I debut (cap 42) 14 February 2014 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I 6 March 2016 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 14 32 58
Runs scored 280 1560 1492
Batting average 33.57 31.83 27.12
100s/50s -/- -/1 2/7 1/7
Top score 57 136 112
Balls bowled 133 853 1078
Wickets 1 11 40
Bowling average 140.00 42.09 24.27
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/47 3/17 6/43
Catches/stumpings 4/– 33/– 27/–
Source: , 28 February 2012

Sabbir Rahman (born November 22, 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is from Rajshahi and besides national team he also plays for Rajshahi Division. Sabbir is a right-handed batsman and legbreak bowler.[1] Sabbir Rahman was also captain of the Bangladesh Under 19's team. Known as one of the clean strikers for the ball in Bangladesh team, Sabbir has influenced many recent wins against giant cricket teams - South Africa, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Education

Studied at American International University Of Bangladesh

International career

He made his One Day International debut for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe on 21 November 2014.[2]

The 24-year-old right handed batsman youngster has proved his worth again in the recently completed series against India and has shown the potential of his contribution in the future of Bangladesh’s cricket. Coming into bat at number six, Sabbir has put up an impressive performance picking up 106 runs at the rate of 41, 22, and 43 in the three matches played against India. He has been incredible in the field also and the most notable performance was the difficult catch of Rohit Sharma that gave Bangladesh the first breakthrough in the second ODI.

He is among the youngsters in the Bangladesh team. As it stands, he has only played 17 one day internationals with 386 runs at an impressive average of 35 and a best of 53.[3]

Sabbir was the top run scorer for Bangladesh in 2016 Asia Cup, where they beat UAE, Sri Lanka and Pakistan to go in to the final with India. They lost to India in a group match and in the final. Sabbir was outstanding with the batting as he scored 174 runs with an average of 44.00 and strike rate of 123.94, and played a major part of Bangladeshi batting unit and was selected as 'Player of the series'.[4] He scored a fifty in the match against Sri Lanka, where it was the first time that Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in a T20I.[5][6]

International awards

Twenty20 International cricket

Man of the Match awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 Pakistan in Bangladesh 24 April 2015 Pakistan 51* (32 balls, 7x4, 1x6)  Bangladesh won by 7 wickets.[7]
2 Zimbabwe in Bangladesh 17 January 2016 Zimbabwe 43* (30 balls, 1x4, 3x6); 2.1-0-11-3 ; 1 ct.  Bangladesh won by 42 runs.[8]
3 2016 Asia Cup 28 February 2016 Sri Lanka 80 (54 balls, 10x4, 3x6); 1 ct.  Bangladesh won by 23 runs.[9]

Player of the series awards

No. Series Season Performance Result
1 2016 Asia Cup 2016 176 runs at 44.00 average, SR: 123.94 (1 fifty) in 5 matches  India beat  Bangladesh in the final.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sabbir Rahman". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 1st ODI: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, Nov 21, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sabbir Rahman, the unsung prodigy". Star Online Report. The Daily star. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Asia Cup T20 2016: Sabbir Rahman, Bangladesh's new hope with the bat". cricketcountry.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sabbir's one-man act too much for Sri Lanka". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sabbir, bowlers earn Bangladesh first T20 win against Sri Lanka". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Pakistan in Bangladesh T20I Match, 2015 Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Zimbabwe in Bangladesh T20I Match, 2016 Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Asia Cup - 5th match Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Asia Cup, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

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